ESSIC / AOSC Professor Raghu Murtugudde was a co-author on a recently published study in Geophysical Research Letters, which analyzed the impact of eastern equatorial Pacific sea surface cooling on Galápagos Penguin populations. The study’s lead-author, Dr. Kris Karnauskas, was formerly advised by ESSIC Director Professor Antonino Busalacchi, while a PhD student at UMD’s Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (AOSC). ESSIC/CICS-MD visiting Associate Research Scientist Chris Brown, was also a co-author.
Geophys. Res. Lett., 42, 6432–6437, doi:10.1002/2015GL064456.
![Figure 3. Monthly TPW anomaly time series shown in red for ERA5 and blue for MiRS SNPP, 2012-2021. The straight lines are the linear regression fits. [a] is for global, [b] for Tropics, and [c] for mid-latitude regions, respectively.](https://essic.umd.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/grassotti-zhou-150x150.png)
